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POLICE. GUILDUALL. - William Anson, servant to Mr. Jackson, leather-cutrei, Little:. Windmill-street, W▪ estminster, yesterday charged Matthews art Of ficer befougi , g to Hatton-Garden Police-Office, with violence odered to his person, by seizing on Imit, dragging him into a public-house in the neigh - bout - 1)00(1.ot Smithfield, Were searching lino with tut arty warrant or authority; and at last setting him at liberty.. The violence: complained of wok place eight days ago. The Complainant had been going about his master's. business : on crossing Hatton- Wall, he inquired 'the way to the part of Saffron hill cearest to Srnitlitcid, and was soon afterwards dragged.into lite public tapi 7 room of a .public-house . in West-street. • He refused to be searched in the tap-roorn,.and was Carried into a private room where he was searched by Matthews, who then told him who he was. The Complainant went the same day to the Hatton-garden Office,' claiming redress, but receive. none. His master was resolved to have justice done to the Complainant, and to his charac ter, if the law would afford him any, and he now same to the worthy Alderman, understanding the illegal imprisonment to have taken place in the-city. Matthew s, in his defence, stated that he esteemed himself, by his office, entitled to stop and search all suspected persons. The,manner of the Complain ant, and the place to which he inquired the way, beinur a common receptacle for rceivers' of stolen good's ) , induced him to stispeet him., Finding no thing upon him, however, which supported the sus-i 4;icion, he immediately set him at liberty. The pro secutor, • immediately complained of the supposed ontra o cTi... - , at the poiice,othe&, Hatton-garden, and . Mr. Leach, the:Magistrate, was pleased to dismiss tie charge, theteby approving of his (Matthew's) coildtitt: The bitting Alderman (Sir R. Carr Glyn) could by no means agree in the interpretation put by Matthews on the nature and extent of the powers vested in biat by virtue of his office. According to Ins (tt;e officer's) conception of Ins powers, he alight from any ut.defined and absurd suspicion of his own, seizit ot , , and search, any 9r every Gentleman whom lie met on the,streets. Such, however,, was by no ;neatis the ndture of the trust reposed in him, andy Bich •was•to be exercised for the convenience and protec tiOna not fort he annoyance of the public. The respon sibility 'undertaken by an officer was great; it was, -thirefott-, at all firms . , hislSir R. C. Gtyn's) wish to poled Inrin in the due discharge of their ditty. if they choke, Low;ever, tii encounter any extraordinary risks they ,:uust abide the Consequences ; and ;n this case, be could not help thinking that Matthews had . greatly over-stepped tus duty. Mathews was -accordingly bound over to take his trial at.the Sessions. WORSHIP-STREET..—Yesierday, a woman of the narne.ot Ilorrice, underwent a second examination, bcing charged with uttering 'fictitious two pound notes; purporting to be West Ham Bank notes, dray% n by. one Davey, and made payable at Messrs. Puitlewhite, No. 2, Church-yard-alley, Tooley street. ' She v.a. committed for re-examination. UNION-BALL.-Several shopkeepers residing at Newington and Walworth were yesterday summon ed by 'he - Society for the Suppression of Vice, for serving in their .shops during Sunday. They were cod. toted, and it being their first offence, they were • sevrally tined five shilling'', and tour shillings and sixpence costs,. which they paid, and were dis chArged. tiARLB6ROUGH-STREET, SEPT. I.—A Lady of the first fashikiti,'residing in the neighbourhood of Soho ware, charged John Thompfon,• a carpenter, with being.cor,twied in her house. She stated, that she had been in tho country for some weeks, and had lett a female servant in care of her house ; that she - returned last evening, and, on examining her house, she found one of the bed-chambers locked, and after some difficulty • she obtained- the key of the room ,from her maid-servant ; on opening the - door, she. v. - as surprised and shacked to see a naked-manlying on the bed.; net nerves had received such a shock, that she could not say when they would be' in a state of convalescence ; - she • ran down stairs affrighted, sent fde k:wetchrnan, and ordered -him to take•the :vile beast- itito' custody: The prisoner, in hicdefence, said, that the 'servant left in-care of the house was his wife, and the - family being out; of towd, he did not conceive it would he thought a harm to sleep with his wife. The Lady declared, upon her honour, that, 'al though Anne Jones had lived with her ttefo‘Yeati, she never understood she was.martied. Iths. Jones llwn carne forward, and prodtc.ed.glie tertificate of her m: with the 'Prisoner. - The worthy Magistrate accordingly desired the Prisoner be di ,charged.—The Lady walked out of the Otlice, apparently much chagrined, and conti nued expressing:- her disapprobation; until she got into ber etwiot. A baker, in Chapel-street, Gross'enor.place, was summoned before thy: Magistrates on Thursday, at the suit of a housekeeper in allobleinWs falnily in Grustettor-place, for selling a quarters loaf - defcient ur weighrtnaounces. In consequence of this defi cit:My. about , 4;venty-six loaves were seized', ‘ . 3.7ltich were ek.ricienrin, weight forty ounces: The Corn plainaot - slated, that She had Pten' suspeaed the to be short bfk.veight, wliich induced her to , . wegh the one in question, and to''proseente for the 'Albite gook!. It was contended by Mr. ALLEY, soLjci tar' for the,Deiendliti t hat he eould not be ConviCted, not having received .the assize frotri the Burgesses Ot'We , ittr.inster that 'week. As that body had, how ever, to alt precisely the same as the Lhrd Mayor in the City, •it happened that thew tad been no'al teration in the price of bread last week, and conse quently the assize had not been sent as -it should hive been. The baker had been convicted of a si milar offence; but the Magistrate gave it as his opi nion that the obje6tion proved fatal /to the case,- , -. The exatninaliou was strl&ly private, not a person. but the parties and officers having been admittech • Thursday evening last, Mr. Hayward, Grocer, of Motint•rui.v, Lambeth, without any previous.illness, dropped down in his shop, and almost instantly ex-. pked. LONDON: Pritited,by RI( At the Stni-Ori? COM:yIERCUL POETAY. ; TO THE EDITOR. •novelty seems a leading point in almost 'every cuss of sOciety, and in every branch of life, uo nol see' Why it might not be introduced into the. .Anost important concerns of business. A Poetical . .. Book-keeper and AccomPtant would, in truth, be. a . figure of great novelty ;• and for the idea and its practicability, I shall describe the circumstances to which I am. indebted. Rummaging a few days ago at an old book-stall, in the Borough of Southwark, I met .with a • book with the following title : "The Merchant's-and Tradesman's Universal DireCtor and Assistant; being a new and accurate. System of Mer chants' Accompts; chewing, in. the most plain and easy. Manner, the.true Method of stating Debtor and Creditor. An entire new Discovery. By Thomas :Chapman, Author of the Communicant's,Compa ,nion"--7-,a circumstance I transcribe to shew the-' versatility of the author's - talents, and the quick transition he makes from the church to the counting house. I wish the reverse were more common r but .that by-the-bye. . On examining this book rather carelessly (for it is not of the kind I usually pick up) I found that the part of it which. seems to be an entire new dis covery is, that wherein the author has laid down the whole art of book-keeping in poetry. A discovery like this did not .allow nu to hesitate a moment in making a purchase of a work,• which, although.pub lished forty years ago, has: by soave fatality escaped the notice of my countrymen. • _ _ The heads under which, the., whole art of book keeping, single and double-en try, Y c. are amanged by 'this Merchant a Parnassus, are.these :—" General Rules frit stating Account&—Of the Ledger,: and its Division into Four Classes The Use of each Class —AccOmpts of Men of Cash," which our author in forms *us is a title for money- 71 " Etfeds—Expurts-- Faaors—Diredions for posting on the Ledger—Of 'the Cash-book—Of the gook of Charges paid on Merchandize, Postage of Letters, Brokerage, Ot the Copy-hook of At:counts—Of the -Inventory of Bills and Notes—Exports:—lmportsExchange with Foreign Parts—lnsurances7-4tiferest—Dis compts—Transfers=---Orders and Assignments— Drawbacksßakancing Accompts that go into Bal ance—Profit and Loss," &c. - • Of these I shall select two or three by-way of spe cimen, and give your 'readers some idea of ihevossi biiiiy of employing the Milses in our cOuntitig houses. DIRECTIONS_FOR POSTING ON THE LZDGER. 44 On debit date to creditor and why ; Third class has foreign or else quantity : • The reference figures in theil columns come, And in the money lines we 'place the sum. On credit date by debtor and N;vhy; Third class has foreign or else quantity ; Then reference figures in their col umns "come, And in the money lines we place. the sum." OF BILLS ,AND NOTES, 1, When A, who owes us, gives B a bill, Which B accepts with promise to fulfil. On lourtial B is debtor made to A,- F,r which that account obliges B to pay. When for the sun . ) that B owes to our bOok, A note of B on that account we've took ; And now that note in payment given to . C, On tout-nal C's made debtoi unto B."' Of the poetry of this descendant of Sternhold, I shall not speak critically. The crabbed nature of merchandise. is' such, and the cant of the Cus tom-house and' the Exchange su different from the language of Arcadia, that we must not won der if our author's first attempt was not success ful. But the general adoption of this plan may certainly give a smoothness and harmony to trade which it 1 has hitherto. been without. Our letters may, by this pra&ice, become epistles; and our bills may b. plaintive or lively according to the cre dit of the indorSers ; our country correspondents may assume the pastoral style; and a meeting of creditors dissolve into the elegiac; while the debtor sets forth his affairs in an atfeaing monody. It is certain that poetry would in some cases have a 'decided preference ; it would furnish excuses for . non-payments, and the renewal of notes,_ and it would very naturally support fit:anions credit.. ' However, Sir, upon communicating thv disco-• very of this book to some Of.my.friends in 'city,. they did not recOve'it with all the pleasure I expeCt ed ; but on the contrary . ; viewed the scheme with an apathy . ,truly prosaic. Prejudice is strong, and the prejudices of . Pthe connting-hous,e education thestrong est of all. I.found none who were willing their ens .tomers should: become poets ; the name poet being .at Lloyd's synonymous with insolvent.' In vain I ex patiated oil the pleasures of the imagination, to Men who preferred something in hand, They professed. great respe4 for Orpheus -and Muszus', but were certain that no man. on 'Change would touch their, _ paper. They. allowed Atupliion, too, some merit, for making the stones follow bim ; but doubted, whether any of our surveyors would join him in a building speculation. They were- willing to ad ; mit that loyal addresses from the . merchatrts might .appear to advantage in heroic verse ;- but doubted. ! much whether the Bank would be , willing-to dis count hexameters : and when I talked- of persnni fication, they. said 1 might , as-3.ve1l ,:expect to find the Graces in Dake's-pl a c e , as, the. Muses in Thread needle-street ; and that although .I seemed to esta ..blish very nice tlistinCtions between verse of eight' and ten feet, all_the feet in the world would not keep a man of my way of thinking from lameness incident' to the Alley. Homer, Virgil, Shakspeare, and Mil ton, they, added, might be very good Men; but, at present, the trade were perfectly satisfied with Cocker, Gordon, and ; and firmly - believed ; they would last their time. I was, therefore, obliged to abandon the scheme in the City, sincerely trust ing it may yet triumph over old fashions and pre - indices, Your very humble servant. Broad-street. A, M. Thursday morning a youth, who was an appren tice to a tradesman at Kensington, was drowned in a pond near the ride in Hyde Park. CHELSEA I.IOSprE4L. I'APERS YEESENTED, TO THE HOUSE "OF COMMONS, RELATING TO THE nuiLDINGA NEW INFIRMARY, AND,. LEASING OF. GROUND AT CH ELSE,A . HOSPITA L. [qatiinued from Yelte,dqy's Parer Appropriating the dwelling-house lately occupied by 'Lord YarborOugh to be the, infirmary, with the Conditidn 'contained in Mr. Keate's letter of die 1.5111 of:February, 1809; to Mr. Soni.e, for windows to be oh both sides of the wards, being two stories in - height, prevents the formation of paat,ays with a separate access to each ward 3 ' nod does not easily admit. of those, cotieniencies which - Aida) each diitin& ward. In so important. a part or the, establishment as the infirmary, it will not be im proper to notice, that in the situation of the first 'plan, it is impossible to procure, in it an appearance _corresponding to the character and consqUence of the rest of the Hospltal ; and that the •old budding, requiring great alterations, and being iuniaoy parts .not very sound, must be expetited to decay sooner than a new budding. Necessity suggested this plan, while it was supposed. that . .much expence would not be acceded to, and. that more of the pre mises could not be prudently appropriated to the hospital ; but if these obstacles do not 'now exist, humbly conceive the_ irst plan should be no longer entertained. The situation of the Terrace, according to Mr: Soane'sthird plan, is free from the objeCtions that have been mentioned against. the first plan. The height of the ground,above the river,. admits of its being thoroughly drained -in both'situatiens. lam not aware of any annoyance . that an 'i,,lpinary 0 : 1 _the Terrace,.under proper care, could be subject to ; and as it admits a free ventilation on all sides, I am of opinion' it is' much preferable to that of the first plan. In giving this opinfon, I suppose the ground to be' cleared so far as to leave only a iew trees to at ford a modera eslielter,particularly in the broad part of the ground,which - is now so crowded' with plantations as to be almost' impervious to the passage of air. There is also a pool - of stagnaot water in true middle of the broad ground, together - with.a considerable space of land below the surrounding walks; . all which I suppose would-be tilled up. with the mate rial that would be atforded: by -digging, and other op . ertions in building, to_form an inclined plane 'from the upper Terrace to the one by the - river, ef fe6tualiy to prevent the lodgment of water.. In regard to tlie .=icconcl question, I must premise, that drawings are not Btll - ficiently made outior ena 7 bling correct estimates -to be formed of the' cost of the work ; ..the drawings are rough sketches of the arrange - merit of wards at the o;ct building, and_ are -only - 'represen'tation's of the masses; ter showing the .situation of 'a new building: The wards,: aid , parts immediately conneoed for the accomino4ation of patients,• fOrni but a part. of an Infirmary ; there ate-other appendages for the attendants and service, which must alike beadcled 'for either the. old or itew building. The ooly kind of estimate.]" can : give ui. on rho first plan, in- the - present state of the business, is the fol lowing :--The quantity of'rreSkiKkat-ilding To be; aided for the Infirmary, according to the first plan, ap . pears to be: about half of thequaMity of 'old ouitd— in : a considerable part-, , 0f the-old building must be raised, to make two square,stories of.wards in height ; and - all -the old part, except one room, will requirelo be altered,- tor a'pin'Opt - iatlng it to an Infirmary . : 1 am therefore of Op inlon, • that; the cost would be about two-thirds of tt;i:t fur an entire new building. ' '1 he. cost of a new building, without, having de tailed dratAngs, I estimate in the following -man ner :. each patient requires about if 2 superficial feet, for Life bed; and Vacant'space around it, in the ward ; walls, passages, and conveniencies, immediately conneeted 'with the wards, will inure than double that quantity; and it may not be assigning too much . in allotting two hundred superficial feet for each pa tient, which, multiplied by eighty, the number of patients to be provided for, makes I (jou° superficial feet on the-several floors; the cost of 'l;Vhicti very much depend on the degree of strength and kind of work to be adopted. In. this state of un certainty, I can only give an opinion, that . the cost for every- !00 superficial feet will be from one hun dred and twenty,. to one hundred-and eighty pounds, making the smallest amount 19,2001. and the largest: 28,8001. This estimate does riot include those ap pendages which_wiil be wanted for the medical offi cers, matron, assistants, &c. which it is difficult to form a judgment upon, until detailed drawings shall be made out. In answer, therefore, to the - second question, re.- finning an " Estimate of theexpence of the new building, 'Compared with thatof altering ., the present building," I conclude tlie*tirst - plAb for Converting the old buildings to an infirmary,_%ith the addition, to be of an inferior kind; which,, taken at two thirds of the anilunt of such a building, as stated above, would make the cost 12,800 i. The new building, I suppo,e, to be of a very substantial kind, and of the best workmanship, to correspond with the main building of the hospital : ; in.WhiCh case am of opinion the amount will be about the largest sum mentioned, vii. 52,9,8001. . I proceed, iii answer to the third question, to sug. gest a few observations in tie case e# ereGting a pew infirmary. Where the space of ,ground; is not too much li mited,. I think it particularly .tlesirahle for the-class of men admitted into This hospital, that the whole should be on one floor ;, and if the infirmary should s be plaCed on .the Terrace, I recommend the floor to be elevated several feet- above the present.'ground„ which may be raised - ttivZards the building with a gentle slope, conducing-to keep the building dry .siod• airy, I recommend the building to be divided into single wards, to contain each i beds : the wards to be separated by low buildin,gs, to be applied to the conveniencies that are wanted to be attached to each ward -, an inclosed corridors at the 'back, to he for" a general cotiarnunication with the wards, and with the surgery, the medicine=rborn, 'and other apart ments; . andna colonnade to be in :front. ' The-wards to have square s.vindows on etch s de,, near the ing, and above the roofs of the adjoining low build ings; and as 'a cheerful appearance in the apartment is deemed to be beneficial - to the invalids, a large window to be made down to the floor, at that end of ach, wavlt will be ,towards- the colOnnas.te. As I do not know 01 any infirmary being erGOed,on 'this plan, I submit a sketch, No. I. of a pa r r vt such a building, for better explaining What I p!o -po.,e. • . Together with giving an opinion on the two. oi, for preferring that - on the Terrace, 'I deem it VO , perly within (-Le object of the Chiril qtiesfion;to slew bow the,buiidings ;Or the nlatrott, assitants, - and otller services connetSted With the ,Inkroary, way be disposed in its vicinity. This requiring some nails-, position . its the occupatian.of parts et the prelnises." now belonging to Chelsea Hospital,- vk hit Iv tnay.at, the same ti lie remove the drying ground,. and othe! t i, briensive•appearonces, trout inen pfeSellit situations; I ikave, for,this - purPi•s:i, made two, sketches of tb premise's under consideraAoni one, a 'slate, No. 2, shewing them tu their p•resent.si, - ,e and another, •No. 3, shewing the., proposed clunt-Li.. The time in -which 'it was necessary to furoisit, this report, has trot permitted 1110+C detailed draw-. ings ; nor could they well be ithout knowledge which the surveyor of the establishment, has of the sj:rvices required tOr the flospi.tal. If the Ttrrace should, be deemed - an itnpro:)er . site for tin infirmary, , another situ uion occurs, that. will avoid the obiei;tion of vicinity in tlie River, as. welt al> the outer obj:tctions advanced t.7!`,atlsl• Arst pan-in propiArng 'whin, I must -.:ppos( - „, that any part of the=plemises west of the rn:id lei r ing to the Creel:, may be allty.vel to be sabserviout to a plan tot the Infirmary, ob3ervio.2host , Wit}:& exception of_ the surgeon's residence, ail the b;rtiidr. ings roundthis court are of an'int•erhn- kind. 01 that suppoF.ition, I recomtp , :wl grit t;i•w; i 1 Cu r - the .51dt: VI the quadrant:fr.:: ‘;,;.e t;,e +'..ieott's sidenc.e now is; should he (let in . tli e 'as re-presented in the :d etch, ..NO. 4. 'the. ary would there he v t .iy icudyi situated, anil t to this conlefttence sittii:; , •n way -nn'coinbitwit the advainag - t .43( usetul ;i:.•;• , n.Cnt's. Toe ntiw quadranile, by uniting with I;ratt t7i tl 0 original so:tic:tare, would tortn is i'N , ;•'%;:lik.; (er . M104,.. tiC,lll ty that Side of the hospit.it • I am, Your,obeuient nutAle-Sery GEo. 1.; 7, 232, 0X4C.1,1 - , •E. C.Aust, Esq. &c. 6:—Second Report, on the. liJirplary a; Ilusp1:41. by G. l':atrntiers. • • Tu►ie 5, 180$. Sin—LPursuant to,the diee6lions of the I,olds and othets, Cutnmissioners for the affairs of Clelsea pital, to make such correaionS in the plan . , No. 4 ; delivered with my report of the.3lst of M:ty last, 1-14 may be effeeted by appropriating the old infirmary , to apartments for the surgeon, matron, &c. and also tO , transmit an estimate pt the probable expeuce of car= tying the same into . .t,secution ; I•subinit the annexed Plan, No.' 4, amt. rrecome . mend, in case of its being carried into execution, that the floor of the infirmary should be zeri.i . al feet above the present level of the giOund, as n143.t4 in my first Report, with respect to another situation • lull- height of. the floor may be beo determined, ;when the grotind Shall be cleared, tat I am of ropinian it -should not be . less than six ree _as the ground may beraised by ari easy slope to tV'' , elevation. Two small buildings at a. a. it the great -144 court, have been added to the original buddingi thehospital ; these should he re:noved, tar preser.io t t the area, which will be wit;JUI the buildiivs c f t( two courts, as clear and °den as })risible. • tleipecting ihe .expense, I suppose toe infirrrijY to.be ttie best kind of , I::,•ntioned in • i 0 ;:, turner ,report, estimated ,at1f28,5091.• ; -and the re, minder of.the.wqrks, ceding to Ibe plat) ND: 5., 414:alit will .arnount to abbt.,l ; Jog - ether ttie sum of 34,5001. a;1) ab~n is juage, without having detailed dlawitigN, Sir, Your obe(lient bumble - servant, (SiGnecl) Aust, Esq. ()Xtlrd-sZ“Ot I,beg le to add, that I am of opinion that rgi building should ,be allo%.vect to be eief.ted the.pldnted airing gionii4apci the river, of the line of the proposed infirmary ; .nur tIF any building should he a!';,i) wed to be ere,` - tr.! On any art of the, around between the inriithary. aild 1.141: ,tivOi illor . 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